Ergebnis für "Melissa" in Dystopien

A New York Times Notable Book “This book is, simply put, a modern classic. If you read it, you'll never forget it. Prophetic, terrifying, uplifting.” —Stephen King From the bestselling author of Ohio, a masterful American epic charting a near future approaching collapse and a nascent but...

Frieden oder Freiheit? Ihr habt die Wahl! Eines Tages erwacht Lilia urplötzlich ohne jegliche Erinnerung in der fremden Stadt Equality. Deren Bürgermeister teilt täglich 10 Millionen digitale Tokens gerecht auf seine 100.000 Bürger auf, was pro Person gerade mal zum Überleben reicht. Doch wenn die Bürger mehr als das wollen - wenn sie die Geheimnisse der Welt lüften und ihre eigene Existenz verstehen möchten - müssen sie die Bevölkerungszahl senken, um den Pro-Kopf-Anteil an Tokens zu erhöhen. Das Einzige, was Lilia in dieser beängstigenden Situation Halt gibt, ist ihre kleine Schwester Siletha.

In the late 2020s and early '30s, corporations managed to render the major governments of the world obsolete. The big corporations owned most of the territories as well as the majority of the world's wealth. While many of the old traditions were still observed in various parts of the world, the true power was with the corporations. In the late '30s, what would be known as the Corporate Wars began as larger companies initiated hostile takeovers in a whole new fashion. Employees, armed with corporate weapons, warred for dominance. On May 1st, 2067, it all ended in a nuclear fire.

In The Marriage Wars: Book One, Melissa Gowdy Baldwin's dystopian world asks us to question the role power and gender play in our need for connection, denial, and choice.

In the United States of Zulu, a re-imagined America where black power dominates and whiteness is scorned, Boris Dabo is a white man born into a family that thrives through mimicry and performance. His parents—Victor and Nyima Dabo—have built elite political lives by imitating blackness with precision and ambition. But Boris rejects their charade. At 23, he is angry, directionless, and desperate to find a purpose that feels real.

"Ich will dabei sein, wenn wir diese Dreckschweine kriegen." Utopia wird durch einen Raketenanschlag mit vielen Toten auf eine Universität in Südafrika erschüttert. Wie konnte das geschehen? Trotz wöchentlicher Waffensäuberungen mithilfe der Begabten haben es Terroristen geschafft, eine tödliche Waffe zu bauen und abzufeuern. Ein sofort einberufener Krisenstab versucht, das zu klären, um weitere Anschläge zu verhindern. Aber schon bald muss man erkennen, dass sich der radikale Gegner eines Mittels bedient, mit dem niemand gerechnet hatte.

Katia Simon spent her entire childhood repressing her desire to feel the embrace of her parents and her entire adult life hiding her lust for even a single kiss from her husband for fear of being rejected by her community and exiled to the Outside. The physical touch laws imposed on this society deprive humanity of the comfort of a warm hug or the calming squeeze of a hand, but Kat refuses to accept that fate.

I was there the day the wall fell from the sky. The day they gunned down my mother and permanently separated the rich from the poor. I was there the day my father decided he could force utopia on a certain half of the population and leave the rest to rot. Pragmapax was once a great city, the only remaining outpost of civilization in our part of the world. But now, divided by an impossible wall, we've become two cities. Two peoples that despise each other. Two different ways of life—one idyllic and peaceful, the other savage and lawless. Civil war seethes in the air, breathing down our necks.

Surviving is just the beginning.... When a virulent plague erupts across the globe, Cooper Adams faces a daily battle for survival as society unravels at a dizzying pace. As he organizes his neighbors for self-defense and strives to save those around him, he soon discovers the first clues about the origin of the Brushfire Plague that is killing untold millions around the world. In his pursuit to learn the truth, Cooper must combat looters, organized gangs, and those protecting the Brushfire Plague's secrets.

Risen from their literal hole in the ground, Thia, Lance, and her "Maly" brethren have escaped The Hive and now face a full-on war. Welcoming the distraction from her abysmal love life, Thia throws herself into training the troops and claiming Nary bases. Grateful to be of service again, Evan focuses on maneuvering their forces while fighting to break the icy bonds of betrayal still clutching Thia’s heart. After a startling vision by his mother, Lance learns that Gigi is alive and trapped within The Hill. Now, he will stop and nothing to save his favorite icy blonde.

Kate Brandeis has it all: a famous reporter at the age of 24, she's the face of the Republic of the Americas. She has a loving fiancée and all the success she could wish for. But when she learns of the death of a long-forgotten friend, her investigations unravel her perfect memories, forcing her to face the fact that she's been living a lie. Jackson MacNamera, trained from a young age in the art of mind control, returns to the Republic. Authorities collect Jackson and take him by force to a room called The Liberty Box